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The Museum is located downtown in the Wells Fargo Center on Bunker Hill....

The Museum is located downtown in the Wells Fargo Center on Bunker Hill. Exhibits depict the history and development of Wells Fargo Bank and the West since the company's founding in 1852. Highlights include an authentic 19th-century Concord stagecoach and a replica you can climb into, the Challenge nugget-largest piece of gold discovered in Southern California and historic maps of Los Angeles. Use touch screens to learn more about stagecoaches and communicate via telegraph with other Wells Fargo Museums. English and Spanish cell phone tours and a web app are available. Free guided tours are available for groups that book in advance. The museum store features a variety of Wells Fargo branded gifts, collectibles and apparel. Admission is always free.

I like museums. I liked this one, it is relatively small but good use of space. Linked the beginning through 2008. Has old actual stuff, relics, gold and interactive technology. A few things for the kids to do besides viewing "old stuff."

My wife and I were not expecting this at all. At the base of a high rise in Wells Fargo Center is a legitimate history museum that describes the history of wells fargo and parts of southern California. There were lots of well documented displays and real artifacts. It was free! The docents were VERY friendly and informative. We even...
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We organized a senior (older adult) group tour at this museum and they raved about how interesting it was and how much they learned! Excellent customer service, very easy to work with, and one of our best excursions. Thank you!

This little gem of a museum is located in the wells fargo building in downtown LA. It traces the roots of the wells fargo company to its present day.
Lots of props including a full size stagecoach, safes, telegrapg tickers to test your morse code skills.
An interesting place to spend an hour or so. And it's free!

This is a very interesting free little museum. It is very well curated, and defiantly worth a visit. There is a real Wells Fargo Stagecoach, as well as a real gold nugget. There is also a mock up of a stagecoach that you can sit in and watch a movie of what the journey might be like, as well as...
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The WF Museum is a little quickie museum in the giant Wells Fargo Bank building, quite similar to their eponymous museum in San Francisco. Kids go wild to see the WF stagecoach, gold nugget and Wild West ephemera, and it's fun for all ages. Downtown, and can be coupled with seeing other venues in the area. Quickie 30 minute free...
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I't only a small place, but it's really well laid out, and the staff were really nice and helpful with guides and activity books for the kids (English and Spanish). Lots of interesting history about the Bank and California, though typically the thing that held most attention for the kids was the exhibit of "Pong" the first computer game. Probably...
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I read about this giant gold nugget in the AAA book and wanted to see it so we went here. It turned out to be much more interesting than I thought. Just inside the door was an old Wells Fargo stage coach. It is hard to imagine that folks travelled for days in the close quarters one one of these...
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We enjoyed this free museum in the Wells Fargo Building. It doesn't take long to wander around but they have a movie you can watch in a stage coach and interesting exhibits which are well signposted. It was well worth having a look around if you're in the area.

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